Thomas Sanders' world collapses in 24 hours. He's passed over for promotion, his new woman boss comes on to him during a drink after work, then, the next morning he learns she has accused him of sexually harassing her. She demands his tranfer, thereby threatening to cut him off from the millions he would have made when his high-tech company was floated on the stock market.

What follows next made "Disclosure" one of the most talked about novel for decades. A film based on the novel starred Michael Douglas and Demi Moore.